SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Program for Recruiting Minority Medical Students into Clinical Careers in Child Psychiatry
- Notice Date
- 7/16/2003
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Program Support Center, Division of Acquisition Management, Parklawn Building Room 5-101 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD, 20857
- ZIP Code
- 20857
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-03M000226
- Response Due
- 7/31/2003
- Archive Date
- 8/15/2003
- Point of Contact
- Chris Ganey, Contract Specialist, Phone 301-443-4379, Fax 301-443-3849,
- E-Mail Address
-
cganey2@psc.gov
- Description
- The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (DHHS), through the Program Support Center, intends to negotiate a sole-source award with the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP), Washington, DC. Purpose: Minorities represent less than 10% of mental health professionals. Increasing the numbers of racial and ethnic minority mental-health professionals is necessary to serve their own communities, to promote responsiveness to the unique needs of culturally diverse groups and to contribute to the overall quality of the mental health system. Traditionally, few minorities select the specialty of psychiatry, and even fewer, an advanced residency of two more years in child and adolescent psychiatry. Nevertheless, surveys have repeatedly identified the need for an increase in the number of child and adolescent psychiatrists to meet existing clinical needs (AACAP, 1989). Because so few medical students enter child and adolescent psychiatry, and even fewer are from minority groups, minority presence needs to be expanded. As the United States population becomes more ethically and racially diverse, the number of practitioners serving this community needs to increase proportionately. The treatment, diagnosis, and prevention of mental illnesses experienced by child and adolescent minorities are best handled by minority psychiatrists who are sensitive to their own culture?s unique requirements. The AACAP understands that if minority medical students are not introduced to child and adolescent psychiatry, they will not pursue careers in this area. Therefore, promising minority medical students must be exposed to the clinical practice of child and adolescent psychiatry. Surveys and interviews with medical specialists in general, and child and adolescent psychiatrists in particular, illustrate that the key to stimulating interest is early exposure to challenging clinical experiences and personal contact with mentors. Child and adolescent psychiatry must be presented as a viable career for minority medical students and as an opportunity for them to serve their communities in a very critical way. The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) is the only U.S. professional association of child and adolescent psychiatrists. Its membership (6,400) includes the leading researchers, academics, and practitioners in the field. The Academy?s monthly journal (Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry) and Annual Meeting both include scientific and clinical papers and presentations about all aspects of child and adolescent mental disorders. THE PROPOSED SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION ACTION IS FOR SUPPLIES OR SERVICES FOR WHICH THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO SOLICIT AND NEGOTIATE WITH ONLY ONE SOURCE UNDER AUTHORITY OF FAR 6.302. INTERESTED PERSONS MAY IDENTIFY THEIR INTEREST AND CAPABILITY TO RESPOND TO THE REQUIREMENT OR SUBMIT PROPOSALS WITHIN 7 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. A DETERMINATION BY THE GOVERNMENT NOT TO COMPETE THIS PROPOSED SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION BASED UPON RESPONSES TO THIS NOTICE IS SOLELY WITHIN THE DISCRETION OF THE GOVERNMENT. INFORMATION RECEIVED WILL NORMALLY BE CONSIDERED SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING WHETHER TO CONDUCT A COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT.
- Record
- SN00372659-W 20030718/030716213340 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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